Articles tagged with "world-soccer"
Just How Corrupt is European Football?
By Daryl | November 20th, 2009It's difficult to answer that question with any precision. But seems the answer is "a lot more corrupt than we realized". Because German prosecutors think ...
Learning to Love Football's International Break
By Daryl | November 16th, 2009It's international break time in world football right now. Dates that FIFA has blocked out on the calendar for international play. Which means no club ...
Daily Dose: November 13th, 2009
By Daryl | November 13th, 2009Something to read while you support your national team hanging out the window of a moving vehicle. On Friday 13th. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images World Cup playoff preview ...
Rémi Gaillard: Foot 2009
By Daryl | November 13th, 2009I know this isn't new. I also know that Chris already posted it on Water Cooler Offside. But I don't care. It's Friday, and this ...
Water Cooler Offside: Take a Gulp
By Daryl | November 12th, 2009Please allow me to bring one of the newer Offside blogs to your attention. It's called Water Cooler Offside, and it's written by Laurie, Chris ...
Djurgårdens Fans Not Good at Celebrating, or: Why You Should Support Assyriska in 2010
By Daryl | November 11th, 2009I didn't really have a favourite Swedish Superettan (second tier) team to support until recently. But then Luka emailed The Offside and persuaded us to ...
My 10 Favourite Foreign Language Football Phrases
By Daryl | November 10th, 2009One of my favourite things about The Offside and WorldCupBlog is that we're a bit international. As a result, I've been exposed to a lot ...
Is There a Name For Zlatan's Trick vs Mallorca?
By Daryl | November 10th, 2009I hope everyone has seen Zlatan Ibrahimovic's magical assist for Barcelona vs Mallorca this weekend. I saw it live on TV and instinctively applauded. Even ...
Soundoff: Nominate Your Favourite Football Films
By Daryl | November 6th, 2009Movies and soccer. Two things that traditionally don't mix well. In documentary form, maybe. But in scripted Hollywood form? No. For various reasons, it usually ...
Meet Elizabeth Lambert, the Roughest Soccer Player in the World
By Daryl | November 6th, 2009I've seen the above game described as a "catfight", but that absolutely does not do it justice. Bringham Young University vs New Mexico in the ...
Would You Rather: Win the Ballon d'Or or the FIFA World Player of the Year Award?
By Daryl | November 4th, 2009Most would agree that the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year awards are the two biggest individual honours a footballer can ...
Football Clubs Need to Think About Prenups for Managers
By Daryl | November 2nd, 2009Is it just me, or are football clubs digging deep deep holes for themselves every time they sign a manager to a big money multi-year ...
The Kasabian Guitar Hero Freestyle Footballers: Making Viral Video Good Again
By Daryl | October 28th, 2009Remember how last year we were complaining about viral football videos. About how they'd jumped the shark because it was all CGI and lies. Well, ...
Adidas XI vs Nike XI: Which Brand Has the Best Football Team?
By Daryl | October 26th, 2009Battle of the Brands In the world of soccer sponsorhip, there are two big boys: Adidas and Nike. Adidas sponsors footballers like Leo Messi and Ricky ...
What Will You Watch This Weekend? El Súper Clásico, Superclásico, or Whatever We're Calling the Liverpool vs Man Utd Derby?
By Daryl | October 23rd, 2009We have three big derbies happening this weekend: We have El Súper Clásico in Mexico, the Superclásico in Argentina and what I'd consider the equivalent ...
The FIFA Puskás Award, or: Comparing Beautiful Goals
By Daryl | October 21st, 2009Sepp Blatter was in Budapest today to unveil the all new FIFA Puskás Award, named after legendary Hungarian Ferenc Puskás. The award will be ...
Would You Rather: Club Win Champions League, or Country Win World Cup?
By Daryl | October 20th, 2009Just over a week ago, I gave everyone two hypothetical options. Option A: Your club wins the league title. Option B: Your country wins the ...
Do You Want to Blog About Football Manager 2010 on The Offside?
By Daryl | October 19th, 2009The dangerously addictive Football Manager 2010 will officially be released on October 30th. Good news for gamers. Bad news for pets, plants, and people you ...
Fan for a Match: Sporting Clube de Goa
By Daryl | October 16th, 2009Before the international break (which I refuse to complain about) we restarted The Offside's Fan for a Match series, where we pick one of the ...
Podcast: 10 Reasons Why You Should Watch Soccer
By Daryl | October 16th, 2009Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion. Along with Taylor from Man Utd Offside, I've been co-hosting a public radio show titled the Total Football ...
The Atlantic League: A European Not-Quite-Super-But Still-Quite-Good-League for Celtic, Rangers and Others
By Daryl | October 12th, 2009There were some pretty bold claims made in Glasgow late last week. First, Celtic chief exec Peter Lawwell had this to say: "We're looking for an ...
Daily Dose: October 9th, 2009
By Daryl | October 9th, 2009Links to clickity-click after watching TVGolo's Goals of the Week: (I'm voting Palermo, whether he meant it or not) The Damned United: not an underdog story (From ...
Soundoff: Please Nominate Your "Under the Radar" Football/Soccer Blogs
By Daryl | October 9th, 2009The internet is full of football blogs. Which is mostly a good thing. But one of the downsides to there being so very many football ...
Tyrone Marshall "Broke the Floor", and Why Silliness Like This is Good for MLS
By Daryl | October 6th, 2009Nice little mini-controversy in Major League Soccer this weekend, with Seattle Sounders beating Columbus Crew 1-0 by [allegedly] digging a hole in the penalty area. Here's ...
SoundOff: Which Footballers Have Scored Against Their Former Clubs?
By Daryl | October 5th, 2009[via TVGolo] Kenny Miller scored both goals for Rangers in the Old Firm derby this weekend. The same Kenny Miller who used to play for Celtic ...
Moestafa El Kabir Will Slide Tackle Anything. Even a Camera.
By Daryl | October 3rd, 2009Got to love 101GreatGoals. They don't find just goals, they also find random stuff like the video you see above. The man you see slide tackling ...
Fan for a Match: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
By Daryl | October 2nd, 2009When Bob started The Offside back in August 2006, he had a brilliant feature called Fan for a Match. Basically Bob would pick a team ...
Jesper Blomqvist: Better Than Pelé. Sort of.
By Daryl | October 2nd, 2009Our list of the 10 (Actually 12) Greatest Almost Goals of All Time yesterday featured the famous Pelé miss from 1970, where the Brazilian bamboozled ...
If Cristiano Ronaldo Doesn't Play Against Sevilla This Weekend, Then That Proves That Wizards Are Real
By Daryl | October 1st, 2009You may have read about the wizard who put a curse on Cristiano Ronaldo this week. You may also have laughed. I mostly laughed because ...
Soundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?
By Daryl | September 30th, 2009This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go: There is a top tier of soccer players. No one's 100% ...
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